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' • . . • - - • • " : > ' .. - “ . , ' • . * - • ‘ »t' THE STAR PUBLICATIONS ARE THE ONLY WILMINGTON Weather Cloudy With Thunderstorms Today 100 PER CENT AMERICAN FOUNDED A. D. 1867—VOL. CXI—No. 157, WILMINGTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8,1923. -^-= - . - ■ • J__= OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. fire Protection Poor In Many Towns Wade Tells1 Firemen Superintendent Criticises Sup port Given Departments at State Convention motorized TRUCKS HELP IN BIG CITY Tendency to Build in Air One Danger; Schools Must be Made Safe ~ pi'RHAM, Aug. 7.—“Linked with the ipread of the teaching of Christianity and the dissipation of disease there should be the same reverence for and support of any movement which has for its objection the prevention or ex tinguishment of fire, for it is a service :o humanity that is holy in its purpose ind wholesome in its effect,” declared Insurance Commissioner Stacey W. Wade in addressing the annual con vention of the North Carolina Fire men's association here today. "If the same enthusiastic support were given our fire departments as is lavished, upon our baseball clubs, tennis tournaments, football games, etc.'1 he continued, “I cannot but feel that our fire record in this state would tell a different story. It must be ad mitted that so far as our limited equip ment permits and funds are available we have fire fighting facilities in North Carolina that cannot be surpassed, but in a large number of towns this pro tection is wholly lacking, while in pearly all it is inadequate.” The motorization of fire fighting trucks with its-aeriai trucks has work-, ed wonderful changes in fire fighting tactics, Mr. Wade asserted, making them a thousand percent more efficient, but at the same time increasing “be yond the power of imagination the perils to which the firemen are con stantly exposed. High Buildings Menace “The tendency to build in the air instead of upon the ground hasi in creased the hazards of your profes sion by making the frolnf of »««*. more inaccessible” he said, while the ever increasing congestion in frame .also contributes its portions of risk It was a cause for general rejoicing when so' many of our towns and title abandoned the volunteer system and provided for a paid fire but I have been disappointed that this plan has not been more generally adopted throughout the state. for only bv recognizing the fire department as an integral part of city government Of the 273 towns in our state having a population in exceed of 500 people fire fighting equipment amounting to there are. only 105 towns provided with 51 000, which means that practical ly IBS towns of 500 and over are with out fire protection altogether.- The most that you can do of course is to endeavor to impress upon your city authorities the real function and im portance of a fire department, and to enlist their aid in securing public recognition and proper support of such a department as can cope not only wiin th- small or isolated fire, but which ,s in a position to- meet any emergency that might arise, fof it is the extra ordinary fire that entails the heaviest loss, the fire that occurs in an unubual way, under adverse circustances and threatens a confalgration such a fire is resulted in the lamentable conflagra :ion in New Bern. I New Bern Fire titefl “It may have been, and perhaps was impossible to prevent the spread of this fire and the necessary demolition of numerous buildings untouched by the flames, but it is not too much to sur mise that closer attention on the part of the city officials toward fully equip ing their departments an<i developing them into an efficient unit as a whole would have eliminated much lost mo tion and saved valuable time, which often represents the difference between a fire of inconsequence and a gen eral disaster. This furnished the first conflagration in the history of our state, and while that in itsself is a cause for pride in the efficiency of our, fire department it should convey a special lesson to every city and town, looking to a closer organization in ‘.heir fire department ^nd more ample (Continued on Page Two.) WATKINS AND YOUNG ENTHUSE CO-OPS WITH TALK ON HIGH PRICES Speak at Rowland, Lumberton and Fairmont Claiming 65 - Percent in Combine (Special to The Star) LUMBERTON, Aug. 7.—Hundreds of tobacco growers in the North Carolina border counties renewed their allegi ance to cooperative Aiarketing today and greeted T. C. Watkins, manager of association warehouses and T. B. Young, South Carolina director at en thusiastic meetings at Rowland, Bum berton and Fairmont. Frank statements of policy by the directors and earnest pledges of sup port from the members marked today’s meetings as business sessions of the farmer stockholders and their elected directors to further the interest of Ani erica’s largest tobacco cooperative. The disposition of tenants* tobacco by the landlord was the chief business in wnlch member growers and directors heartily agreed today when T. C. Wat kins the pianagec of nearly 200 associa tion warehouses in three states de clared “you can’t raise tobacco, have a successful cooperative marketing as sociation and take half of your to bacco while you let your tenant carry your other half to the enemy to fight you with it.” 65 Per Cent Co-opa. Mr. Watkins declared that the as sociation has over 65 per cent of the tobacco lands of the Carolinas. and Virginia signed up and told the grow ers that no English company nor any other company can dominate their market. If every man lives up to the full letter of his contract and delivers all his tobacco On his land, member after member rose in the meeting and endorsed the policy of the association In -rigidly enforcing? section/ thirteen' ml the'marketing contract: which’ States “This agreement shall to*’'binding upon the growers as long as he produces to bacco directly or indirectly or has the right to exercise control of any com mercial tobacco or any interest therein as. a producer or landlord during the term of this contract” The strict enforcement of five cents a pound penalty was, strongly endorsed by thS’ members at today’s meetings of North Carolinians as was the case in the recent meeting of delegates from six South Carolina counties'.who pass ed resolutions to that effect In thei recent -district meeting at Florence. Young: Applauded. T. B. Young, association director, from South Carolina, was enthusiasm tically applauded today when he said “It’s a bad day for our country when you have to bow your knee and take your 'orders from your tenant and con sider your liability and responsibility greater to him than to your neighbors who are loyally fighting for your in terest.” Stating that the cooperative growers’ association had signed one hundred fifty new. contracts since the markets opened in South Carolina, Di rector Young said he had never seen such a change of sentiment in favor of the association or spch a favorable spirit.among the members as today. I was. appointed.by indignation meet ing of the farmers in Florehce in 1921 to see the buyers. I went to them apd plead with them to give enough to let my people live decently' and they laughed at me, declared the South Caro lina director. Stating that the associa tion had. set a fair and good price on, the largest crop ever raised in , South Carolina this far. Mr. Young stated that opening of the association ware houses over three weeks ago immedi ately raised the price of tobacco which speculators were buying up by hun dreds of thousands of pounds for from three to eight dollars a hundred. Fair Value Assured. “It is only your association which gives you the knowledge that you are going to receive a fair value for the greatest crop of tbbacco we have ever raised in this section,” he declared. Farmers in the cooperative warehouses 'at Dillon, Rowland, Lumberton and Fairmont today were enthusiastic over (Continued on Page Two.) GET-RICH-QUICK FULLER MAKES FULL CONFESSION IN $6,000 BANKRUPTCY - ” * —•——— Fresh Indictments in ^Bucket shop and Subdivision Schemes found Against Backers NEW YORK, Aug. 7.—Additional Indictments of bucket shop operations tnd backers and “other prominent per sons,” will be sought for “by the fen-.; e*'ai grand jury Sworn in today A* * fesult of the confessions last .night of Edward M. Fuller, and W.’ F. Ma Sartners in the.fh'-m.of B. , W. Fj,;er and Company. United i States A.; orn-v Haywood announced today,. 1 “as indicated that an attempt u'orici be made to show that thc< Fuller cdpccrn was a sub-division of a losety or?> -a system, one of .several .41* re 'a coupci} and supply ceutff ; .. and was In# turn the center •<l! number of bucket shops operated "uirv different names in this and other. A:so that many of the outpost erancnee are still in lively# pperatipn, aa unsuccessful effort 'Mi '■ “shear'’ : ': ;T" < enough from the credulous to pat the legal expenses of those "higher up.” Another result of the confessions was expected fo be a move on the part of the receiver In bankruptcy for E. M. Fuller'and Company and to regain sortie of-the* $6,1106.000 In assets which dis appeared shortly before the failure. Tfe brokers were said to have given the name^ of several persons to whom ~ - --r- — - large checks, were given and It was. Indicated court attention - would, . be taken to recover these funds. Mr Hayward again refused today to make public the Confessions which he announced last night he had obtained. "UrfOl I 11a* determined wha^t fur eher*m'otes we'ehiil make-In' the mat ter” ho sgld. "1 cannot In the interests o< .’justice make any further revela tions as to the nature of the confes sions. I have already stated that they Are complete and th nty oplnibn truth fill M ! ; :'v~ -7':* Anxiety approaching panto prevailed in the Wall street; underworld today In the absence of Information as to jusnhow mu'ih Fuller and MoQee had told Mr. Hazard. C&rosity a«° keen, as t? the whereabouts «f d»-«3 bankrupt • bnsleete • Y. -'fii hr^i HE LAST TRIBUTE _2;_-_:___ , REPORT TO BE THEME WITH TROOPS ON GUARD, OF NEW BOARD AUG, 17 IS WITHOUT BLOODSHED Whether, Status of Superinten dent Will be Changed De pends on Findings Morning: Star Bureau, 312 Tucker Building:. By BROCK BARKLEY RALEIGH, Aug. 6.—Thorough con sideration of the findings of the sana torium investigating committee and its suggestions and recommendations will be given by the new board of directors of the state's tuberculosis institution when it meets at the sanatorium August 17. Whether the board will take any. action affecting the status of Superin tendent L. B. McBrayer, whose manage ment of the institution was investi gations and inquiries of their own be sides-giving a lot of thought to the, investigating committee's recommenda tions. The committee’s report jvas niea with the governor and will be trans mitted to the legislature. The hew supervising board for the institution has the authority to hire and fire, however, and Or. McBrayer’s status may be effected by its action. Board’s Action Limited The board has r held t(wo meetings' since it was created upon legislative authority by Governor Morrison. At' neither meeting has it given considera tion to the complaints against Superin tendent McBrayer owing to the investi gation that was pending at that time. Now, however, it can take what action it considers advisable with the infor mation furnished, by the committee to support what it does. That there will be a reorganization of the system at Sanatorium is com sidered likely. Whether the change will bring about the .removal of Or. McBrayer is not known, though the sentiment of the board is reported to be against removing him, especially in view of the recommendation of the committee that he be retained. The new board has manifested its detenuin%tion to make the conduct of the institution such that there can .be no future justification for colnplaints. It is laying plans for constant super vision. ■ Numerous of the complaints leveled at Dr. McBrayer have been removed since the institution of the investiga tion, it is .said The oharge of nepotism, one of the strongest com plaints made against him, has been relieved through the resignations of the two McBrayer ,sons. If Dr; Mc Brayer has not already done so, the board of directors may require him to give' up certain of the outside duties that furnish substantia! remuneration and the complete fees collected for examinations of various kinds will go to the institution. WEATHER FORECAST BY STATES Virginia: partly cloudy Wednesday and • Thursday; probably scattered thundershowers;' -not so warns Thurs day in north portion. North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, extreme northwestern Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tenn, and Ken tucky:" mostly fair Wednesday and Thursday, except probably ; scattered thundershowers; no change in tempera lUrerliaht to-'variable winds. l ... - Not Expected That Result Will Be-Known Till This Morning BOXES VERY LARGE TICKET VERY LONG Governor McLeod is Keeping Close Touch On the ' « Situation ( CHARLESTON. S. C.,' Aur. 7.—The polls closed at 7 o’clock In the munici j pal primary -without any incidents of a serious nature having Occurred- There | is a tense feeling, however, and extra | details of policemen and: squads of j deputy sheriffs are everywhere in evi dence, while Jdur companies of national, guardsmen are mobilised "at national guard headquarters, prepared for any emergency. . As alt‘■of the city boxes are very large, and the -Count will necessarily :;be sltfW because of the long ticket, it is estimated by officials that the ,re-‘ sult’may h5t be known before 3 or 4: .o’clock in the morning. .. '.1,. Governor'McLeod is tonight keeping in close touch. With the situation at' Charleston. He is receiving reports from officials there regularly and has asked that he be promptly informed, in ^e event there should be any out break of a serious nature. '.-V 'j, Stoney In' Lead ’ At' 10 o’clock official returns from five wards gave Thomas P. Stoney, can didate for mayor of Charleston', a lead, of 1,326 votes over John P. Grace, in cumbent.^ ... „ . " The wards, heard from . were wards 1, ‘2, 6, 8 aid lH The announcement was made that the poll list of club 1, ward 11, M to Z, had been lost. / It was not announced what action would be taken. ■ ■ ; ■ ■ ■. ‘ ; ' • At mid-night, semi-official and in complete returns indicated1 that- Stoney was in the lead by over one thousand votes and the returns were coming in very slowly. * In front of the Hibernian hall . where the boxes were being escorted .under , guard to be counted at the polls a de tachment of militia with two machino guns was stationed: - At the star wards where the counting was still,lij prog-, ress, the guardsmen were on patrol. COJtSTY OCHOOyL BOYDS PI)Aiy*ED ;R^IaEZGH, ;Aug. I.^r-CneatedUo act ln: an. advisory capacity fornjatlon- of ; the. board of count y-.wtdei planning was an nounced tonight) by. Superintendent -A., 1'. Alien, of thei department .of •’'educa tion. -- / ** . . k J It will work In counties abandoning the -old - district -school system and working out county.systems., Hp ex-’ pressed the opinion that counfy sys-, tern wll be inaugurated In a}l counties; of the state, doing away with -township and city-lines so far es schools are con cerned. V ' ASK MERCHANTS W SUSPEND BUSINESS FRIDAY AFTERNOON Directors of Merchants Associa' tion Adopt Resolutions at Special Meeting Asa token of respect to the late President Warren G. Harding, the di rectors of the Wilmington Merchants’ association, in resolutions past by the board In special session, request every merchant in the city of Wilmington to close their places of business on Fri day afternoon between the hours of 3 and 5 o'clock.' • The resolutions as adopted by the Merchants’ association follows': . - “Wherea God in His Infinite lyisdom has taken Warren G. Harding to his eternal rest, and - • -. , i “Whereas, by his death our- csdfcktry he's suffered irreparable loss, “Now, therefore be it resolved: that the directors of the Merchants’ associa tion request every merchant in the city to close their places of'business between the hours of -3 and 5 p; m., Friday, August 10,, as* a, token of re spect to ope who flied while, hearing sturdily and heroically the burden and responsibility of his great office., ■ Governor Smith Makes Friday Legal Holiday NEW YORK, Aug. 7.—New York, al ready planning two days of mourning for the late President Hording, this afternoon saw the birth of plans for a third whin the committee of the law yers clubs which was to have greeted the president on his return from his Alaskan trip, reorganized as a commit tee of mourning and decided to arrange a mass memorial service. President Coolidge is to be invited to, deliver the eulogy to his dead chief. John A. Stewart, chairman of the com mittee, said : the meeting - probably would be held late in September or early In October, the exact date being left to President Coolidge if he ac cepts the invitation. Meanwhile the city's plans to express its , sorrow tomorrow, the day of the state funeral at Washington, and Fri day, when the late president's body will ba entombed at Marion, were brought to completion. •Governor Smith issued a proclama tion. this morning declaring Friday as a public holiday and the New York clear ing house, the Federal Reserve and all the other banking institutions In the city announced plans for closing Fri day. • ■> ■ CARVER’S CREEK COMMISSIONERS FAYETTEVILLE, ’ Aus- 73—Don' ,Yi McBryde, planter and business man lof Linden, took, the oath of office as a commissioner of Cumberland yester day to succeed Dr. J. W. McNeill, who; rcpntly resigned to' accept thA post of* city and' county health. officer. After being sworn in, Mr. McBryde sat with the, com^issiohere. ^ 1. ’ Jfr. McBryde’s . hom.e .’township. Car-4 ver's Creek, is the only ohe in the, county west of the Cape Fear rlrer, frith-the’ exception of Pearce’s Mill, which has not been represented on the board in recent.years. Thousands At Station In . Washington Greet Train | Arriving Nine Hours Late 'SI ■m MARION SERVICES TO RE SEVERELY SIMPLE, WITH PRAYER AT TOMB Steel Casket Will be Taken to Home of Harding’s Father HEARSE WILL BE'USED WITHOUT ARMY ESCORT Troops Will Merely Aid in Keep ing Order During Funeral 1 Ceremonies MARION, O., Aug-' 7.—(By Associ ated Press.)—Simplicity almost ap proaching severity will characterize the last rites for Warren G. Harding when his body is brought here Thurs day from Washington. Carrying out the expressed desire of Mrs. Harding, to those in charge of the funetal arrangements here, services, excepting a prayer at the home of his father, Dr. George T. Harding, Sr., where the body will repose before be ing placed in receiving vault, will be very brief and will be conducted at the vault in Marion cemetery, where the president’s hody will be placed tem porarily. They will be In charge of Rev. Geo. M. Landis, pastor of Trinity Baptist church, of which Mr. Harding was a member, assisted by Rev. Jesse Swank, pastor of the Met'hodiBt Episcopal church, Mrs. Harding’s pastor. - There will be no impressing funeral cortege to the cemetery made resplen dent by bright uniforms and glitteVing sabres; no troops of horses; no rumble of artillery wheels; no marching or ^gap.izatlons.,»,l-;> .4. . SiupUeity At Tomb - he its simplicity and its'sadness. . Iwt even the presi dent’s Own troop A, Ohio National Guard cavalry, Cleveland, which acted as escort of honor when Mr. Harding was inaugurated, president, will par ticipate, other than to maintain quiet There will be thousands of other sol diers, but they, too, will be here In the capacity of aids to civil authorities to maintain order. " Plans, which it was explained are ony tentative until they are carried through, will bring the body of the late president to his home city about 10 a. m. Thursday, accompanied by Mrs. Harding, members of the party who made the journey from San Francisco to the capitol and back again to his native state, and two aides, a represen tative of the army and a representa tive of the navy, who will comprise the onlv military escort to the body. Hearse To Father’s Home A hearse will be used to convey the body to the father’s home in East Cen ter street, where it is planned to have it lie in state from 2 p. m; to 10 p. m. Thursday, and from 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Friday. The funeral cortege is sched uled to leave the Harding home soon after 2 o'clock for the- cemetery, ser vices there being conducted about 3 o’clock. Mr. Harding’s body, instead of being, buried in the family plot beside his mother and sister, will be placed in the receiving vault until a mausoleum is erected to receive it. So soon as the detailed funeral plane had been received by Col. F. P. Lapm, personal representative of President Coolidge, and Attorney Hoke Donlthett, chairman of the marine civic associa tion, -headquarters for arangements took on aspects of a military camP where the general staff was preparing plane. Big Crowds Expected Tables were covered with blue print maps-of the city. It.waa in fact, a preparation for attack on the biggest problem that has ever confronted this city—the problem of properly handling the crowds which are expected to come (Continued on Page Two.) Band Plays “Nearer My God If Thee” as Casket is Moved / M TROOPS FORM LANE IN CONCOURSE AT STATION White Rouse Has to Refuse Flowers, Many Going to s Capitol - «! 1 k 1 WASHINGTON, Aug. 7—(By As sociated Press.)—Depressed and weari with sad waiting, Washington draggafl through the slow, hot hours of day light, watching for the last coming at Warren G., Harding. Night came. U> 11 c{ty still . waiting In uncertainty' fojr the funeral train bearing him upon whom the full measure of his country men’s acclaim will be poured out to morrow. , The less urgent business, of govern ment paused soon after noon, to stand Idle in mourning until Friday nignt has passed and the entombment at . Marlon Is over. Through the shopping district, the order of closure was re voked when word came that the train could not arrive perhaps until mld-^j night. At the white house the delay gave opportunity for added touches to the setting In'the east roop> where he long Journey will halt for a space. The wide, time darkened old floor had been cleared so that the slender frame-work on which the casket was to lie seemed strangely small',on the broad expanse under the high” celling. Along the eastern wall under the windows that . look out toward the treasury, there blossomed a banked mass of tender ■ flowers. The tributes boPe the names of kings and great men In many lands. Among them nestled a handful or two of bright blooms carried to the door hy tiny children. The floral token*! came In a steady Stream throughout the late afternoon, No closed gates barred the way of the people through the grounds and hun dreds strolledr to look In through the partially,, drawn curtains of the tall windows. The scent of the flower* inside was heavy even out in ,the bPe;tf’:' air beyond, ,.***&* • Through the little' group!- ’wapdeMhg * through the grounds rolled now and again motor cars that bore the coal ' / of arms of this or that foreign power They carried usually ambassadors and t ministers and Jthe heads of diplomatic ; missions. , Behind them came truck* carrying great wreaths ot huge clusters of rarest blooms. The long wall space Inside grew crowded. Among the floral pieces towered eii* tall easel, btfilt of Itllies of the valley, Easter , lillies and China asters,; with a simpe white card bearing this legend. ' “With profound sympathy. "George R. I.” j Wreath of Tiger Lillies ! A huge wreath of tiger and Eastei lillies, and cypress leaves betokened the sympathy of diplomatic corps. II was brought In person by AmbasSodei Rlano, acting as dean, of the corp* In the absence from the United State* of Ambassodor Jusserand. There wer* other wreaths from the king of Spain the king of Italy and the president ol Argentina. One bore the name ■ of Shah of Persia, others came front “HI* Brlttanlc Majesty’s GoveiS>ment.” th» government of Italy, the Dominion ol Carfada, from the legation of the-kl^g dom of the Serbs, Croats and’ Slovens from Ambassador Rlano in person; ani frofn many other of the diplomats whc speak for gnfit peoples overseas card# still other silent tributes to .'the dead Every flower the season- Knows foi a thousand miles around was there rushed by tra,in, or motor to surround the honored bier. . Train Conconruf I'rowajfl, By 9:30, nearly an hour before th< train was expected, the vdst concdurpt and waiting' room of the Union: statlor were) crowded, and thousand's mo^i waited on the plaza outside. ; Some p{ j them had been there for hours.: fi'f J'~ . The cavalry escort and ’a batter) i from Fort Myers were waiting in .th« , \ line before the east entrance and i'l ,‘ j score of official cars were ’parked, tt ' • j await the party from the train. Lv, ■ ! Although the train was 9 hours 14$*,/* (Continued on Page Two.) #: J • . /j. ■■■*"' !? \ President Coolidge Asked / : To Visit North Carolina As King Motfhfain OratoM Senator Simmons Conveys In-1 vitation of Chamber to Bat tle Celebration Oct. 6 ■’ By H. E. C. BRYAXT WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—North Caro lina la first to extend to President CoOlldge an Invitation to visit It.. At the Instance of the .chamber of com-j merce ot Kings Mountain, Senator: Simmons will ■ invite the new Presi dent .t£>, be the principal speaker at the celebiratloSi. of fhe .battle .of. Kings WouS^’ln,5 lift which ride revolutionary forceaS^on-tfreat faSfe, The date'of the alfSir is October S'. ^ #• Senator Simmons will present the re nueot to.f'the Kings -Moun<«h people Immediately: after the funeral jiere monieS' are • over. ' • : “•Thisi^h'ay 'prove all opportunity for jit' Cb<$lldge to outline his1’, views on foreign relations. ‘ „ ' v ,• President .’Collldge Is not a stranftpr In the south. During the last cam : ■; at a palgn he was seht. there to Win votei for the party. l£ was well known that i tils stand against the police strike at . Boston made a decided hit ,ln Nortf Carolina and other southern states;.;. He 'was not able to- win votes hut h« : Is liked by those who. heard him./ ? Representative A. L. Bulwingle it h«re for -the funeral- Senator Over miin is on the committee to take pgr1 , InVthe ceremonies at the capltol to morrow. And Mr,. Simmons on the committee to go to Marlon with .th( body* • Senator Overman intends to retun to North Carolina tomorrow night Washington is too hot for him#- “1. want .to gdt back where the breezei blow,’.' he said, referring to the sultrj heat he'fo'und hotering oveiTWksblffg. ton. rV-* ' . . . * “Thei'-people of North. Carolina,” hr continued, "are-happy and'prosperous They are getting '.rij«re atxj-more "geo< roads and doing a "lot of biisinesslp: every kiwi, ,'fbo.stale;is making won dsrful ^ogress.”. i ■ . Senator Overman Injay ^aliipn Brest dent Cpolldge' before leaving! He dlf not go today, . ■ - >.
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